Opinion
No. 17-2048
05-17-2018
DONG JI, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Leslie Anne Davis, Joseph R. Melanson, CROWELL & MORING, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Nancy E. Friedman, Senior Litigation Counsel, Brooke M. Maurer, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Before MOTZ, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Leslie Anne Davis, Joseph R. Melanson, CROWELL & MORING, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Nancy E. Friedman, Senior Litigation Counsel, Brooke M. Maurer, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Dong Ji, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge's denial of his request for asylum and withholding of removal. We have thoroughly reviewed the record, including the transcript of Ji's merits hearing and all supporting evidence. We conclude that the record evidence does not compel a ruling contrary to any of the agency's factual findings, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that substantial evidence supports the Board's decision, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Ji (B.I.A. Aug.9, 2017). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED